Bryan Terry
American politician
Bryan Terry (born October 27, 1968) is an American doctor and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican, he has represented the 48th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives, based in eastern Murfreesboro, since 2015. He is the only Native American serving in the chamber.
Early life
Terry was born in Oklahoma, where he went into his family's auto salvage business. After attending the University of Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Terry worked as a doctor in both Oklahoma and Tennessee, including caring for victims of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.
Career
In 2014, Joe Carr, representative for the 48th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives, announced he would challenge Senator Lamar Alexander in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. Despite being outspent, Terry won a highly contested primary to succeed Carr, earning 34% of the vote to his two opponents' 33%. Terry went on to win the general election easily.
Terry has not faced significant opposition since in his heavily Republican seat, winning handily in 2016 and 2018.
In 2020, Terry amended Tennessee's Heartbeat bill to mirror Bill Lee's heartbeat bill.
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